Re: [LIH] Yahoo Mail

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <mallet@xxxxxxx>]

* Mithun Bhattacharya <04/08/01 12:57 +0530>:
> My SMTP commands are a bit rusty but can anyone tell me whats wrong with
> what I am doing here ...
> telnet> open 64.157.4.89 25
> Trying 64.157.4.89...
> Connected to 64.157.4.89.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 YSmtp mta581.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP service ready
> helo egurucool.com
> 250 mta581.mail.yahoo.com
> mail from: mithun.b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 501 MAIL Syntax Error

Spotting the difference is left as an exercise for the reader.  Yahoo uses a
rather heavily modified qmail, which is quite strict about SMTP.

mjollnir:~ telnet 64.157.4.89 25
Trying 64.157.4.89...
Connected to 64.157.4.89.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 YSmtp mta571.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP service ready
helo egurucool.com
250 mta571.mail.yahoo.com
mail from: <mithun.b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
250 sender <mithun.b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ok
quit
221 mta571.mail.yahoo.com
Connection closed by foreign host.

	-suresh